Non-refillable bottle.



PATENTED APR. 21, 1908. J. B. OGLE & W. E. BARRIE- I? No. 885,640.

NON-RBPILLABLE BOTTLE. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 9.190s.

w/ NES- INVENTOHS: W/LuA/w 5.5mm: JOHN B.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BOYCE OGLE, OF LANCASTER, AND WILLIAM EDMOND BARBIE, OF CARROLL,NEW

HAMPSHIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 21, 1908.

Application filed July 9, 1906. Serial No. 325,244.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN B. 'OGLE and WILLIAM E. BARBIE, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of Lancaster and Carroll, res ectively,in the county of Coos and State 0 New Hampshire, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Non- Refillable Bottles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Our invention is an improvement in non-- refillable bottles, andconsists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts aswill be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of the neckof a bottle provided with our improvements with the valve in place andthe stopper inserted to close the neck of the bottle. tudinal section ofthe neck of a bottle with the stopper removed and the neck inverted asin pouring liquid from the bottle. Fig. 3 is an end view of the bottleneck. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of a portion of a bottle neck,the toothed construction at the inner endsof the threads being omitted.Fig. 4 is a cross-section on about line 4-4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an endview of the neck and Fig. 5 a longitudinal section thereof showing asomewhat different construction from that presented in Figs. 1 and 2.Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 7 a side view, and Fig. 8 an endelevation of the valve, and Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section, and Fig.10 a side elevation .of a valve having but a single thread.

By our invention we provide a bottle whose neck has an internal valveseat and a screw threaded passage leading to a valve chamber, the valvehaving its body portion screwthreaded wherebyit may be turned throughthe screwthreaded portion in the neck of a bottle into the valve seat toposition for use.

The bottle A may be of any suitable form, and has its neck B rovidedwith a valve seat C and above t e same with a valve chamber D, the upperend of the neck having a screw-threaded opening or passage E leading tothe valve chamber and adapted to receive the threaded stem F of thestopper G. This sto per may be used to close the outer enddof t e neckof the bottle whenever desire The valve seat C is located at the lowerend of the valve chamber D so the valve H will gravitate to its seat asshown in Fig. 1 and yet may drop away from its seat when the Fig. 2 is avertical longi bottle is tilted to discharge its contents, at which timethe liquid contents of the bottle may discharge through the outer end ofthe neck, the threads of the latter being notched to permit the contentsof the bottle to flow out when the bottle is tilted.

' In providing a vent or passage'for the water, we may form groovesacross the threads E and these grooves may be narrow and of uniformwidth as shown at E in Figs. 3 and 3 or they may flare upward throughthe outer ends, as shown at E in Figs. 5 and 5 and where desired thesegrooves may extend to or terminate short of the upper or outer thread asshown at E in Fig. 3. By preference the lower or inner thread mayconsist of a series of short lugs or projections e as shown in Figs. 1and 2 which together constitute a thread and also spaced apart to permitthe passage between them of the liquid in dispensing the same.

The valve H is fitted to the seat C and has a short shank H connectingit to its body ortion H the latter being screwthreaded to t thescrewthreads E of the bottle neck as will be understood from Figs. 1 and2 of the drawing.

The body portion H is screwthreaded to fit the threads of the neck ofthe bottle. In inserting the valve to its position for use, thesethreads screw through the threads in the neck of the bottle and whenonce inserted the valve cannot be removed so that the bottle cannot berefilled without breaking the neck and thus indicating the mutilation ofthe bottle.

For convenience in turning the valve through the threads E we provide'itin its outer end with one or more seats h which are provided at h withshoulders facing in the proper directions to form a surface againstwhich the finger may press in turning the valve through the threads Einto the valve chamber D, but manifestly these bearings will not aid inturning the valve in a reverse direction. The valve may have a number ofthreads II as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 or a single thread as shown at hmay be provided on the valve as illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10. The valvemay be of glass, tin, aluminum, fiber or other like material which canbe readily worked to a water tight joint and in practice we proposemaking the valve chamber D only enough larger than the valve H to permitsuch valve to drop away from the seat C to a sufficient extent to permitthe free passage of the liquid when the bottle is inverted as shown inFig. 2.

The neck of the bottle may be of any suitable size with the stopper G tocorrespond and the stopper may be used with. or without a gasket 9 aswill be undertsood from Fig. 1. The top end of the valve H may be flatas shown in Figs. 1 and 2 or it may be slightly concave if desired asshown in Figs. 6 and 9, shoulders it being provided to aid in turningthe valve in one direction only as before described. The screwthreads inthe neck may be right or left hand, and of any size or shape desired. InFig. 2 we show righthand threads while in Figs. 3 and 5 left handthreads are shown.

In inserting the valve it may be screwed through the threaded openingleading to the chamber, the pressure of the finger against the outer endof the valve body being suflicient to hold it so the bottle can bescrewed along the threaded body as will be understood from Fig. 2 of thedrawing, the threads fitting loosely so the threaded body will turnreadily within the neck.

The threaded opening leading'to the valve chamber not only permits theinsertion of the valve at the same time preventing its withdrawal, butalso forms a seat in which the stopper G may be screwed as shown in Fig.1.

The valve II is rounded and the valve seat C is concaved to lit thevalve so that the latter will rest tightly on its seat it slightlytilted to one side or the other when fitting within the neck.

I/Ve claim The bottle substantially as herein described having its neckprovided with a valve chamber with a contracted rounded seat at thelower end thereof, an enlarged portion above said seat, and with athreaded opening eommunieating with the upper end ol the enlargedportion and having a eircuniterential series of short lugs orproject-ions at the upper end of said enlarged portion of the valvechamber for the escape ol liquid, a stopper having a threaded portion toscrew in said threaded opening, and a. llanged head to overlap the neckof the bottle, and a. valve litted to the chamber and having a lowerrounded portion to it the valve seat, a short shank projecting upwardlytherefrom, and a body portion above the shank and screw threaded to fitthe threaded opening leading to the valve chamber, all substantially asand 'lor the purposes set forth.

JOHN BOYCE OGLE.

WILLIAM EDMOND BARRIE.

Vi tn esses:

IV. l'I. BICOARIEN,

IRVING W. DREW.

